With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

In the dynamic world of real estate, various factors influence property values. One significant but often overlooked aspect is the environment surrounding a property. Environmental factors can either ...

Evidence of environmental risk factors’ negative impact on heart health has greatly increased, leading to several cardiology societies to issue a joint statement encouraging regulations to reduce risk ...

Quantifying social determinants of health and addressing the factors that allow disparities to persist will require standardized measurements and targeted interventions, said a panel of experts at the ...

People who live in areas with social and environmental adversities may have up to twice the increased risk for developing heart disease and stroke, according to new research published in the Journal ...

During the past 60 years, experts have documented a steep rise in the incidence of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease—the two medical conditions that make up most cases of inflammatory bowel ...

A new study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health has shown that a range of environmental factors, including lifestyle (smoking and physical activity), and living conditions, have a greater ...

A large cross-sectional study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, examined how ...

Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment ...

Neighborhoods with more adversity have up to twice the increased risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new study. People who live in areas with social and environmental adversities may have ...